17 As iron sharpens iron,
    so one person sharpens another.

18 The one who guards a fig-tree will eat its fruit,
    and whoever protects their master will be honoured.

19 As water reflects the face,
    so one’s life reflects the heart.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:19 Or so others reflect your heart back to you